You awake to find yourself in a strangely familiar wood. You get up feeling refreshed and a little bit confused as to where you are. You begin to explore the area, finding meadows filled with flowers, trees heavy laden with fruit of every kind, and finally, a simple stone pathway. Following the path you set out to see more of this enchanted place. It curves among giant oaks and redwoods, passes over streams and under a mighty waterfall. As you continue on in wonder you begin to weav... Read Full Story
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose
recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature
instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances
complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy...I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work
the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no "brief
candle" for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of
for the moment, an... Read Full Story
It is not Beauty I demand, A crystal brow, the moon's despair,Nor the snow's daughter, a white hand,Nor mermaid's yellow pride of hair.Tell me not of your starry eyes,Your lips that seem on roses fed,Your breasts where Cupid trembling lies,Nor sleeps for kissing of his bed.A bloomy pair of vermeil cheeks,Like Hebe's in her ruddiest hours,A breath that softer music speaksThan summer winds a-wooing flowers.These are but gauds; nay, what are lips?Coral beneath the ocean-stream,Whose brink when y... Read Full Story
I spent the last four days in wonder and awe over the majesty of our God's creation. I was blessed, refreshed, stirred and inspired. God spoke to me and nourished my heart. The expansive mountains and His presence drew me into a place of being who I am, where I am (emotionally) and feeling what I feel. This is in contrast to my norm of trying to be who I want to be, where I should be and feeling sensible or productive feelings. I brought along a book I haven't read in several years... Read Full Story
What a difference a year makes! I'm now 2 years from separation and going on one from the divorce. My anger, insanity and such continually decrease. I've been growing, maturing, learning, living vibrantly and even dating. Let me tell you, starting to date again has been so strange. I felt like a little boy when I recently asked to take a girl out. I was shocked. I then realized that the last time I did that I was 17 years old. Its been about 12 years :0 That makes me feel old! Its b... Read Full Story
Happy Independence Day!This year I find I have mixed feelings concerning the idea of independence. I have been trust into the blessing and curse of unwanted marital independence. It is as though my wife sent me her own declaration, only not so eloquent or moral. She simultaneously threw off the 'tyranny' of our marriage and subjected me to the tyranny of the divorce process where judges, laws, guidelines and settlements will tell me how to live and what I can do for ... Read Full Story
I found this CD in a portable radio I borrowed right around the time my wife left. It truly has been an refuge for me. Each track expresses another facet of my journey with more dimension and fullness than I can find words for. I highly recommend it.
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New Day New Dawn
New day, new dawn light takes shapecome reveal decisions we makeWill two or one light make realLove and family death does steal
Small deaths, new life each day bringsto this living beating thingIn pain and hope my heart breakswith yearning and sorrow I do wait
Youthful vows we did breakSo much did infidelity takeCannot he who conquered the gravethis love of ours fully save
His solid goodness, my shaky trustto use as little pain as he mustTo make us whole, to breath new li... Read Full Story
